]]>http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/18/floral-camouflage-haiku/feed/046255http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/18/floral-camouflage-haiku/expressway to far awayhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WadeOnBirmingham/~3/NgSogVpd0D8/
http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/17/expressway-to-far-away-haiku/#respondThu, 17 Aug 2017 23:20:55 +0000http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=46254The highway will be
rebuilt, but without all those
cumbersome exits.

Voter turnout statewide was 18 percent; in Jefferson County, 17 percent; in Shelby County, 21 percent. Compare that to the March 2016 primary — the most recent one with a Senate race — to 41 percent statewide, 43 percent in Jefferson County and 50 percent in Shelby County.

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http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/15/vote-2017-who-will-succeed-sen-sessions/#respondTue, 15 Aug 2017 12:00:08 +0000http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=46273A mere 16 men and one woman vie for the party nominations.]]>

President Trump picked Jeff Sessions to lead the Department of Justice earlier this year. Then-Gov. Bentley picked Alabama attorney general Luther Strange to fill his Senate seat until someone called a special election.

We dumped Bentley, and successor Gov. Kay Ivey put this election on the calendar.

Which leads us to today’s special primary.

A mere 16 men and one woman vie for the party nominations. This will be the first primary in which no party crossover voting is allowed between the primary and possible runoff on Sept. 26.

]]>http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/10/a-slight-tenor-haiku/feed/046208http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/10/a-slight-tenor-haiku/just another day during world war 3http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WadeOnBirmingham/~3/nK2hfavGePI/
http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/09/just-another-day-during-world-war-3-haiku/#respondWed, 09 Aug 2017 05:00:55 +0000http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=46207Leaders trade barbs while
missiles strike their objectives.
Let’s watch it all die.

CBS report “Who Speaks for Birmingham” from 1961, on the racial divide between black and white communities. From Hezakya Newz and Music.

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One year after witnessing gunfire on a Birmingham street. From WVTM-13 News.

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Alabama junior wide receiver Calvin Ridley at SEC Media Days in July at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover. From Nationwide Sports Highlights.

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Riding the train at the Birmingham Zoo. From Ms. Bo.

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Riding around town. From Jay Burnham.

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Cypher 2017, rapping on the street. From Big Phil the Director.

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“Good Day Alabama” segment on the 2008 exhibit “Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin” at the Birmingham Museum of Art. From Mill City Profiles.

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Birmingham folk group the New Hooteneers perform “Saro Jane” in 2015 at Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church. From P Johnson.

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Highlights from Nashville country singer Jon Langston’s concert in April at Iron City on Southside. From Andrew Langston.

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West side. From Birmingham Entertainment.

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Birmingham law firm Hare, Wynn, Newell and Newton assists with the Higher Academics Summer School mock trial. From Telegraph Creative.

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Mike Brown performs his one-man show “Dr. Shropshire Tells It All” at June’s Civitan Centennial Celebration Convention at the Sheraton Birmingham downtown. The play tells the story of Dr. Courtney Shropshire, founder of the organization. From Civitan International.

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Flying Southwest from Austin to Birmingham by way of Tampa. From the Airplane Channel.

]]>http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/06/sundayread-for-august-6-2017/feed/046116http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/06/sundayread-for-august-6-2017/surrounded by greatnesshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WadeOnBirmingham/~3/jdie95OjIKI/
http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/06/surrounded-by-greatness-haiku/#respondSun, 06 Aug 2017 05:00:55 +0000http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=46147He was last in the
batting order and worked to
play better with less.

]]>http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/06/surrounded-by-greatness-haiku/feed/046147http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/06/surrounded-by-greatness-haiku/a mind left to its own deviceshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WadeOnBirmingham/~3/mlBT4zt9MZE/
http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2017/08/05/a-mind-left-to-its-own-devices-haiku/#respondSat, 05 Aug 2017 05:00:55 +0000http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=46146Boredom should be a
crime when imagination
can sustain us all